Initiation
Sacred hue initiate me
into the elegiac rites of my kin
to offer my mind
to the whims of the wind
eulogy of the sea
once revered
forever adorned amid
islands awestruck
by their desire to walk
upon water and slowly reach
the sacred tombs of my ancestors
where all offerings belong
where all devotion adheres
to festivities that annul death
invocations that resurrect and guide
free spirits to their duties
Manolis Aligizakis 